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Unreliable keyboard - repair or replace?

BACKGROUND: Altho nearly 8 years old, my MBP does everything I need it to as I’ve upgraded it with 8GB RAM, an SSD and a 750GB hard drive. The battery, which I replaced a couple of years ago (it was swollen and affected the trackpad) holds a charge pretty well, but the system report says it needs service. I manage with ‘Keyboard viewer’ and a bluetooth keyboard , but it’s not ideal. Nothing has been spilled in or on this Mac, and I recently removed the bottom and everything inside looks good to me.

SYMPTOMS: The first keys to become unreliable were 1, 2, 3, slowly spreading to 9. Lately the ‘E’ key only works if I hit it hard. The keyboard seems to work better when the device is cold.

QUESTION: before undertaking the ‘difficult’ Top Case replacement, I just want to check whether there are other things I should check.

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too hard to repair - very cheap to replace - the reason ———— replace

P.S. NO NEED TO REPLACE TOP CASE - just keyboard for about £15!!

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Here’s a video on how to replace your keyboard. The part should be about $25.

A small electric screw driver really helps on this one. Time required for a novice should be about 2 to 2.5 hours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz7qt53G...

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I made the replacement, using the above video, as I couldn't find anything else. But beware: several times in the video (and it seemed at the most crucial times) the person's hands or arms made it impossible to see what he was actually doing. Of course, I should have taken photos and made a PDF - but didn't.

I had the most trouble replacing the keyboard ribbon cable (which was super easy to remove).

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Sorry, to do that cable you put a piece of electrical tape on it and pull it in rather than trying to push it in.

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It is not difficult to replace the keyboard. The link below is a keyboard that should work for your MBP model. If you need help putting it on post here and i will try and respond quickly. (You can copy and paste the link into your URL Bar at the top and it should take you to the keyboard aforementioned on amazon)

https://www.amazon.com/Padarsey-Replacem...

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thank you, Crazy!

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You’re welcome Dagnew.

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